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An Alabaster Box

An Alabaster Box by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman is available here as the complete text, split into 1012 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman28 chapters

An Alabaster Box by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #18140.

28 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 28 chapters

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This edition of An Alabaster Box by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #18140, divided into 28 chapters and 1012 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.

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An Alabaster Box is presented in 28 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting An Alabaster Box as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1012 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The 28 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.

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Is this the complete text of An Alabaster Box?

Yes. All 5058 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #18140 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #18140, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does An Alabaster Box take to read?

About 421 minutes of reading across 1012 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in An Alabaster Box

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Church: A word that appears in the opening chapter of An Alabaster Box; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Purely: A word that appears in the opening chapter of An Alabaster Box; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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